OET interlinear PRO 14:12

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

דֶּ֣רֶךְ יָ֭שָׁר

road/way_of right

Solomon is speaking of how a person lives as if that were a road or path that the person was walking along. Here, straight refers to the road being easy rather than being morally right. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [an easy way to live]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לִ⁠פְנֵי־אִ֑ישׁ

to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before (a)_man

Here, to the face of refers to what is directly in front of a person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “right in front of a man”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

אִ֑ישׁ

(a)_man

The word man represents a person in general, not one particular man. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a more natural expression. Alternate translation: “a person”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ֝⁠אַחֲרִיתָ֗⁠הּ

and,end_of,its

Here, the end of this road refers to the final result of living in this way. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “but its result”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

דַּרְכֵי־מָֽוֶת

way_of death

Here Solomon uses ways to refer to the destiny of those people who live according to what they have chosen as a straight road. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “is the destiny of death”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

דַּרְכֵי־מָֽוֶת

way_of death

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe the ways that are death. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “is the ways that are death” or “is the destiny that is death”